Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Oscar Nominations 2021
The Oscars 2021 Writing (Adapted Screenplay) nominations have been announced! Five films are now competing to take home the most prestigious award in film, the Oscar, with the winner revealed when the Oscars air LIVE SUNDAY APRIL 25 8e|5p on ABC. The nominees for Writing (Adapted Screenplay) are: BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM: DELIVERY OF PRODIGIOUS BRIBE TO AMERICAN REGIME FOR MAKE BENEFIT ONCE GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN, THE FATHER, NOMADLAND, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… and THE WHITE TIGER. Both THE FATHER and NOMADLAND received six nominations and ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI… received three. For all the details, you can read more about the Oscars 2021 Writing (Adapted Screenplay) nominees below. You can also explore other Oscars 2021 nominees and see the complete Oscars 2021 nominations list right here on Oscar.com.
OSCAR NOMINATIONS 2021 - WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
BORAT SUBSEQUENT MOVIEFILM: DELIVERY OF PRODIGIOUS BRIBE TO AMERICAN REGIME FOR MAKE BENEFIT ONCE GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern
Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
Film Synopsis
A satire on Trump's America that follows a Kazakh journalist who is sent to America to deliver a gift to Vice President Mike Pence. His worldview is turned upside down when he learns to love and respect his daughter.
THE FATHER
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Film Synopsis
Anthony is 80, living defiantly alone and rejecting the home healthcare aides that his daughter, Anne, introduces. Yet help is a necessity as she can't make daily visits anymore and Anthony begins to doubt his family, his surroundings and his grip on reality.
NOMADLAND
Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
Film Synopsis
Following the economic collapse of the small town of Empire, Nevada, Fern packs her van to explore a life outside conventional society as a modern-day nomad in the American West.
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ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...
Screenplay by Kemp Powers
Film Synopsis
A fictional account of one incredible night in 1964, when four icons of activism, sports and music – Malcolm X, Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown and Sam Cooke – gathered, discussing their roles in the civil rights movement and cultural upheaval of the '60s.
THE WHITE TIGER
Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani
Film Synopsis
A poor Indian driver must use his wit and cunning to break free from servitude to his rich masters and rise to the top of the heap.
The 93rd Oscars, produced by Jesse Collins, Stacey Sher and Steven Soderbergh, will be held on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 8e|5p, and will be televised live on ABC and in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
